Former Lawrence school aide indicted

TRENTON — A grand jury has indicted a former Lawrence Intermediate School aide who was charged in November with sexually assaulting a 12-year old boy.

Joseph Miller, 53, was indicted on two counts of aggravated sexual assault, two counts of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child at the hearing Friday.

All of the charges pertain to the same victim, who was allegedly assaulted at his own home and Miller’s home over the course of last summer, prosecutors said. Miller has denied the charges.

Miller will appear in state Superior Court on May 18. He is being held at the Mercer County Corrections Center on $400,000 bail.

Miller, who was formerly a babysitter for the boy, was arrested after the boy, who is autistic, told his mother that he had been repeatedly molested by the former special education aide, prosecutors said.